Chapter 654: How Many Aliases Do You Have (Part 5)
This matter is no trivial thing, how can I be allowed to consider it before speaking.
Hua Ru Yi was momentarily unable to make a choice, so she decided to think about it more carefully.
“Sect Leader, there’s no need to consider it further. My main body’s previous forged identity has been leaked multiple times, which means the traitor is among us. All she needs to do is to spread this news, and I will have to carve it whether I want to or not.”
Qi Huang reminded her “kindly.”
“Saintess, your foresight is divine! Saintess, you are wise!”
Elder Zhou continued to flatter her.
“Elder Zhou, you praise me too much. I am still far from your level.”
Qi Huang smiled brilliantly.
“This…”
Hua Ru Yi looked at the old and young woman below, her head about to explode. Weren’t these two mortal enemies? Why were they suddenly singing in harmony?
“Alright, let’s do as the Saintess wishes.”
After carefully deliberating again, Hua Ru Yi agreed. In the current situation, she really had no choice but to grit her teeth and carve it.
“Sect Leader is wise!”
Qi Huang and Elder Zhou congratulated her in unison, then exchanged a “telepathic” smile.
Cheng Hong Ling’s mouth twitched slightly, as this scene was too difficult to bear.
The meeting ended, and everyone went back to their own homes.
Back at the pavilion on Jade Peak, Cheng Hong Ling impatiently set up a spiritual sense shield and said, “I can’t believe you and Elder Zhou could act so well. I really wanted to tear off that hypocritical mask on her face on the spot.”
“Act what?”
Shi Yuqi asked doubtfully from the side.
“Nothing, the traitor is Elder Zhou.”
Qi Huang answered casually. She never intended to hide it from her cheap master, so when asked, she just said it.
“What? Elder Zhou is the traitor?”
Shi Yuqi stood up abruptly.
“Is it surprising? She was already suspiciously close to Hua Yu before, and she acted so obviously today. I’m afraid many people have already suspected her, but they just lacked evidence.”
Qi Huang retorted.
“Do you have evidence? It’s not just speculation, is it!”
Shi Yuqi asked curiously.
“Of course we do!”
Qi Huang took out the Recording Mirror for her cheap master to admire.
After Shi Yuqi finished watching, she trembled with anger. She gritted her teeth and cursed, “This old hag is truly hateful. As the Grand Elder of Hua Rong Sect, she actually turned her back on us and colluded with Hua Yu to harm our sect.”
“She probably thought that Hua Yu would become a phoenix by marrying into the Cao family, so she wanted to curry favor with them.”
Qi Huang speculated.
“Since you have evidence, why didn’t you expose her today?”
Shi Yuqi asked, confused.
“Master, have you heard of walking a dog? Elder Zhou is just a dog of Hua Yu and the Cao family. If we kill her with one blow, her masters behind her will find new ways to trouble you, making it even harder to guard against. Instead of that, it’s better to play with her and buy myself time to cultivate. This is the first reason.”
Qi Huang explained patiently.
“That makes sense. What about the second reason?”
Shi Yuqi nodded thoughtfully and then pressed on.
“For the second reason, the Cao family is not like Hua Rong Sect. They rely on bloodline inheritance, so the Immortal Tablet must be full of names. This way, even that monster Cao Yang cannot add names wantonly, otherwise it will surely cause public outrage. My repeated forging of identities is to make him add more names. If it can cause infighting within the Cao family, then we will have vented our anger.”
Qi Huang’s face showed a malicious smile.
“You girl are truly cunning!”
Shi Yuqi’s eyes lit up as she “praised” her.
“You think beautifully, but there’s one thing I don’t understand. How can you be sure that Cao Yang will add names instead of changing them? Since he already knows that the names you revealed before were all fake, he can simply scrape them off.”
Cheng Hong Ling raised her objection.
“Heh heh, if you were him, would you be truly sure that all the names I said were fake? What if one of them was the real name? For example, what if Jiang Ling was the real name, and my successive forging of identities was just a smokescreen to cover it up?”
Qi Huang retorted.
“That’s right. With Cao Yang’s style of doing things, he would definitely choose the plan of killing ten innocents rather than letting one guilty escape, and carve all the names, rather than just changing them.”
Shi Yuqi suddenly realized.
“Uh…”
Cheng Hong Ling actually had no reason to refute for a moment.
“So let’s coerce her first. It’s not too late to kill the dog after it’s no longer useful.”
Qi Huang slightly raised the corner of her mouth.
As Qi Huang predicted, the very next day, the matter of her forged identity was leaked, making the entire Hua Rong Sect aware of it. It was only a matter of time before it spread.
Qi Huang knew with her knees who did it. The other party was clearly trying to force her and her main body to reveal their real names.
In the evening, Hua Ru Yi visited Jade Peak in a low profile, her purpose being to take Cheng Hong Ling to carve her real name on the Immortal Tablet.
“What is your clone’s name?”
Hua Ru Yi looked at Qi Huang with admiration.
“Reporting to the Sect Leader, my name is Jiang Yuzhu.”
Qi Huang gave her alias.
“Yuzhu, right? You are truly prescient. The traitor has indeed leaked the matter of your forged identities. If you don’t carve your real name on the Immortal Tablet quickly, your personal safety may be threatened in the future!”
Hua Ru Yi explained the situation.
“What a malicious scheme! That old hag is clearly forcing my disciple to reveal her identity.”
Shi Yuqi cursed angrily.
“Old hag? How do you know the traitor is an old hag?”
Hua Ru Yi’s eyes lit up.
“Nothing, just my guess.”
Shi Yuqi made a casual excuse.
“Is that so?”
Hua Ru Yi smiled meaningfully, then said, “Don’t worry, after the Saintess carves her real name, I will personally use special fabric to cover the Immortal Tablet, and the Grand Elder will also set up a spiritual sense shield and personally guard it. Unauthorized personnel will absolutely not be able to get close.”
“I remember the Grand Elder is a cultivator of Heavenly Punishment Realm, right? To avoid Heavenly Punishment, she needs to go out frequently to collect sky-concealing water. Does she really have time to guard the Immortal Tablet for twelve hours a day?”
Qi Huang asked with a half-smile.
“Uh… Don’t worry, when she’s not here, I will personally guard it. If I also don’t have time, I will send someone trustworthy to take my place.”
Hua Ru Yi explained.
“Sect Leader, you should understand that people’s hearts are hard to fathom. Who can you trust 100%?”
Qi Huang smiled ambiguously, then said, “Actually, it doesn’t matter if someone sees it. Let’s be straightforward. Do you think my main body will carve her real name?”
Qi Huang said directly. Every time the Cao family threatened Hua Rong Sect, it caused chaos, which made her speechless.
“I knew it would be like this. You girl are so shrewd.”
Hua Ru Yi smiled wryly, then said, “However, even if it’s a fake name, we have to play the part to the fullest, so that we can paralyze our opponents.”
“That depends on your acting skills.”
Qi Huang gave her an encouraging look.
Next, Qi Huang followed Cheng Hong Ling to the Immortal Tablet.
Cheng Hong Ling picked up a dagger and scraped off the previously carved name, then was about to carve her “real name.” However, she still needed to think about what to carve.
“Let’s carve Zhao Ling. We’ll start with the first surname in the Hundred Family Surnames and play with them slowly. I’d like to see how big the Cao family’s Immortal Tablet is.”
Qi Huang suggested.
Cheng Hong Ling had no objections, so she carved the words “Zhao Ling.”
Hua Ru Yi also played her part well. She immediately found a piece of pink fabric dozens of feet wide and long to wrap the entire Immortal Tablet. Then, she begged the Grand Elder Hua Man to set up a spiritual sense shield.
Alas! Walls have ears. Just a few days later, Elder Zhou managed to inquire about Cheng Hong Ling’s “real” name through various connections and reported it to Hua Yu as soon as possible.
“Are you sure this Zhao Ling is her real name?”
Hua Yu asked with disbelief.
“This time, I’m 100% sure, because I’ve already leaked the matter of her forging her name. If she doesn’t carve her real name, then she’ll have to wait to be dealt with by the opposing forces.”
Elder Zhou was very confident.
Hua Yu thought it made sense, so she rushed to tell Cao Yang.
Cao Yang then carved the words “Zhao Ling” on his family’s Immortal Tablet. With this, his concubines already had three names: “Jiang Ling,” “Huang Ling,” and “Zhao Ling.” Unfortunately, they were all like flowers in a mirror and moon on the water, only names could be seen but not people, which inevitably caused dissatisfaction among some family members. However, their voices were too small and were directly ignored.
The Cao family thought they had succeeded this time, so they sent Uncle Wang to threaten Hua Rong Sect again, and began to send out invitations, preparing to take Cheng Hong Ling as a concubine at the end of the month for Cao Yang to avenge their humiliation.
Meanwhile, Qi Huang didn’t have time to bother with this clown family. She took this opportunity every day to diligently improve her main body’s strength.
Cheng Hong Ling’s cultivation also rose steadily, rapidly approaching the sixth level of the Huashen realm. At this time, there were less than two months until the Continental Elder Conference.
The end of the month arrived in the blink of an eye. The Cao family once again decorated brightly, preparing to take the new Saintess of Hua Rong Sect as a concubine to avenge their past humiliation!
